MACT Partnership: A good idea

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Pollution Engineering

OSTI ID:182904

Bergeson, L L

In light of strict deadlines imposed under the Clean Air Act (CAA) that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knows it cannot meet, the Agency is thinking of creative ways of developing maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards. EPA`s March 1995, announcement that it is developing streamlined MACT standards, and its more recent issuance of guidance on its MACT Partnership Program, provides much needed relief for EPA and industry alike in addressing the challenges posed by CAA Section 112. Since the CAA Amendments were enacted in 1990, EPA has been under extraordinary pressure to develop MACT standards for 174 individual categories of major and selected area sources by the year 2000. On March 29, 1995, EPA rolled-out its MACT Partnership Program and requested comment. The notice announced EPA`s plan to use a streamlined approach to promulgating MACT standards. In short, the program involves two phases for each MACT standard. The first phase involves development of a presumptive MACT. The second phase is the formal standard development process which ultimately will result in the issuance of a MACT standard for a particular source category.

• OSTI ID: 182904
• Journal Information: Pollution Engineering, Journal Name: Pollution Engineering Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 27; ISSN PLENBW; ISSN 0032-3640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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